RC>What should I do?  Check for fbStat==64?  Or do I have to use a seperate
 RC>thread doing KbdCharIn(&x, 0, 0) and use an event semaphore because
 RC>I can't get this API call to work as documented?

Whatever reason you pick, solution 2 is probably the best choice.
Trying to port some DOS code that polls the keyboard by any chance?

--- XHEd-OS/2 1.22